The Importance of Assessment

DO NOWList the examples of assessment you have observed in your

SI/school experience or as many as you are aware of.

Seminar Aims

By the end of this seminar through discussion & practice you will be able to:

– Re - articulate the importance of assessment and how it impacts on teaching and learning

– describe different methods, purposes and audiences for assessment

– identify four key features of planning for successful formative assessment

– apply principles to your own practice.

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Seminar Norms

- The seminar will be recorded for other trainees

- Be present (mobiles and emails out of sight/off)

- Cameras on if possible

- Mute your mic when not talking

- Be all in for your colleagues

- Criticise with kindness

- Use the sidebar to ask a question – and just say if I don’t see it!

- Are there any other norms you would like to include?

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Seminar StructureRecap key aspects of assessment: including types, their purpose & then begin to apply them to your practise.

– Activity 1 – Listen & discuss prompted by recap presentation

– Activity 2 – Craft the personalised use of AfL technique(s) to your context

– Activity 3 – Share & offer feedback on your plans

– Activity 4 – Next steps & what you may need?

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Gatekeeper skills

Planning AssessmentClassroom

management

Assessment, assessment, assessment!

What is the purpose of assessment?

What is the purpose of assessment?- Improve instructional practices

- Monitor national standards/ Ofsted / Estyn (Wales)

- Report achievements to pupils and parents

- Accountability of teachers, governors, schools, government

- Identify pupils’ progress towards goals

- Support and help pupils learn

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Formative

assessment FOR learning

Summative

assessment OF learning

• Monitor national standards/

Ofsted

• Report achievements to pupils

and parents

• Accountability of teachers,

governors, schools, government

• Improve instructional practices

• Identify pupils’ progress

towards

goals

• Provide support and help pupils

progress

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Assess-plan-teachcycle

Assess

Teach PlanProvide meaningful

activities that support

individual learning.

How will they get

there?

Decide what needs to

be done to promote

development.

Where do you want

them to be?

Gather information to determine

current knowledge and understanding.

Where are they now?

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Planning for formative assessment

1. What?

3. How?

Planning for

formative

assessment

2. When?

4. Plan

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What does good practice look like?

When?What stage of the

lesson?

What?What do you want to know?

How?What strategies give

information?

Beginning

Main part of lesson

Before task

Independent work

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What does good practice look like?

Watch video: https://youtu.be/wmaovgJ60HE

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When?What stage of the

lesson?

What?What do you want to know?

How?What strategies give

information?

Beginning Assess starting points/prior

knowledge

Whiteboard/Show me

Main part of lesson Are they ready to progress? Turn and talk and

circulate

Before task Do they understand the

task?

Think – pair - share

Independent work Are there any

misconceptions?

Show call

What does good practice look like?

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Planning for formative assessment: prompts for you

The students have been learning how to use paragraphs

to show a change in topic.

The teacher has explained the independent task.

The teacher has modelled and explained how to find

the square root of any given positive number.

The class are beginning a new science topic on

animal survival.

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Rosenshine’s Principles

When?

Begin with a short review of previous learning

Assessment of pupil knowledge

Monitor independent practice

Provide scaffolds for difficult tasks

Obtain a high success rate

Check for understanding before beginning independent

activity

Guide pupils through practising the model and think

aloud

Provide a model

Ask assessment questions to gather understanding from

all pupils

Present new material in small steps with pupil practise

after each step

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Show me

Cold call

Exit ticket

Do now

How? Check out the menu?

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Plan your question

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Applying principles to practice

Now consider your teaching episode, prepare a

specific/formative assessment question to use at a key point.

Success criteria

Follow the steps:

• What will you need to know?

• When/at what point or points in the lesson will you need to

assess, for example prior knowledge, understanding?

• How/what strategies/TLACs could you use to gather the

information?

• Plan a specific question.

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Reflect

• What key takeaways are there from the session?

• How will they impact your practice?

Seminar Aims

By the end of this seminar through discussion & practice you should be able to:

– Re - articulate the importance of assessment and how it impacts on your teaching and learning

– describe different methods, purposes and audiences for assessment

– identify four key features of planning for successful formative assessment

– apply principles to your own practice confidently

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Next steps

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• Plan different AfL approaches to different lessons – experiment. Monitor impact on learning, time consumption to prepare & deliver, pace et al

• What would you like more of?

• Ask any follow up questions to your Development Lead

• Go well!

• Steve Bowles